Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Q: Has Nikolaj Coster-Waldau won any awards?

Coster-Waldau has received several award nominations, including Primetime Emmy nominations for his role in 'Game of Thrones.' He has also won the Bodil Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Q: What was Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's first film?

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's first film was 'Nightwatch' released in 1994, where he played the character of a student who becomes involved in a series of mysterious events.

Q: What are Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's most successful films?

Some of Coster-Waldau's most successful films include 'Game of Thrones,' 'Black Hawk Down,' and 'Gods of Egypt,' which have all received critical acclaim and box office success.

Q: What is known about Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's personal life?

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is married to Guinea Coster-Waldau, and they have two daughters. He is known for keeping his personal life private while being active in various charitable causes.

Q: What is Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's estimated net worth?

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's estimated net worth is approximately $16 million, attributed to his successful acting career and various endorsements.

Q: What are some milestones in Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's filmography?

Key milestones in Coster-Waldau's filmography include his breakout role in 'Game of Thrones,' his performance in 'The Other Woman,' and his lead role in the film 'Shot Caller.'

Q: Is Nikolaj Coster-Waldau involved in any charitable work?

Yes, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is actively involved in charitable work, particularly with organizations focused on climate change and humanitarian efforts.

Known for

Game of Thrones (2011–2019)

IMDb 9.2 / 10

2011–2019 / Action, Adventure / 57 min

Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very...

Gods of Egypt (2016)

IMDb 5.4 / 10

2016 / Action, Adventure / 127 min

A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.

Oblivion (2013)

IMDb 7.0 / 10

2013 / Action, Adventure / 124 min

Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades...

Name

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Height

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Born

27 April 1970, Rudkøbing, Denmark

Spouses

Guinea Coster-Waldau (1998–present)

Children

2 (Filippa Coster-Waldau, Safina Coster-Waldau)

Parents

Hanne Coster and Jørgen Coster-Waldau

Estimated Net Worth

$16 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	Movie World of Westeros Ambient Video A cozy ambient video from the Game of Thrones world.	Jaime Lannister	Not rated
2025	TV Horses & Hangmen Unravel the elaborate plot that led to the untimely death of a 40-year-old family man in Denmark.	Unknown character	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2025	TV King & Conqueror The story of a clash that defined the future of a country and a continent for a thousand years. Harold...	William of Normandy	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2025	Movie My Fathers' Daughter Elvira, a confident Sámi teenager, firmly believes that her lesbian single mother conceived her at a Danish fertility clinic. She...	Nikolaj Coster-Waldau	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2024	TV An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet Follow Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s search for the people, ideas, traditions, and attitudes – the solutions – which will transform fear of...	Self - Presenter	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2023	TV En særlig samtale	Unknown character	Not rated
2023	Movie Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever Martin's daughter, Emma, takes up a night watch job to find out what happened to her parents almost thirty years...	Martin	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2023	TV Agent As an agent for some of the top names in music and film, Johan’s job is to solve his clients’...	Nikolaj Coster-Waldau	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2023	Movie God Is a Bullet Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations,...	Bob Hightower	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2023	Movie The Flash When his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped in a reality in which...	Pizza Guy	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2023	TV The Last Thing He Told Me A woman must forge a relationship with her teenage stepdaughter in order to find her husband, who has mysteriously disappeared.	Owen Michaels	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2022	TV The Jennifer Hudson Show Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2022	Movie Against the Ice In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Danish expedition in ice-covered Greenland.	Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2021	Movie A Taste of Hunger Maggie and Carsten love each other, they have two wonderful children and run their own gourmet restaurant; Malus. They want...	Carsten	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2020	Movie The Silencing A reformed hunter becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local sheriff set...	Rayburn Swanson	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2020	Movie The Day We Died Film about the events surrounding the terrorist attacks in Copenhagen on February 14th and 15th 2015.	Rico	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2019	Movie Exit Plan Insurance broker Max's life is about one thing - keeping his walnut brain tumour in check. He eats properly, exercises...	Max Isaksen	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2019	TV The Kelly Clarkson Show Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2019	Movie Domino Seeking justice for his partner’s murder by an ISIS member, a Copenhagen police officer finds himself caught in a cat...	Christian Toft	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2019	Movie Game of Thrones: The Last Watch For a year, acclaimed British filmmaker Jeanie Finlay was embedded on the set of the hit HBO series “Game of...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2019	TV Through Greenland - With Nikolaj Coster-Waldau What did my father really do - and who was he?	Self - Host	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2019	Movie Gone Hollywood A look at how Hollywood talent agencies were run in the 1980s.	Jack DeVoe	Not rated
2017	Movie Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms A powerful ruler from House Targaryen begins a campaign to unite a fractured continent ruled by seven competing families. With...	Jaime Lannister (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2017	Movie Shot Caller A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal...	Jacob 'Money' Harlon	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2017	Movie Chicken/Egg Mark is going to help his uncle out. Maybe.	Kenneth	TMDB 9.5 / 10
2017	Movie 3 Things Before entering the witness protection program, bank robber Mikael demands 3 things from the police. 3 things that cast a...	Mikael	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2017	Movie Small Crimes A disgraced former cop, fresh off a six-year prison sentence for attempted murder, returns home looking for redemption but winds...	Joe Denton	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2016	Movie Gods of Egypt A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.	Horus	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2015	Movie Klown Forever Frank and Casper's friendship is put to a test, when Casper decides to leave Denmark to pursue a solo career...	Nikolaj Coster-Waldau	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2015	Movie Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience The first episode of this IMAX screening takes place entirely at The Wall with the Night’s Watch (S4 EP9) hopelessly...	Jaime Lannister	TMDB 8.6 / 10
2014	TV The Men in Blazers Show A celebration of the Premier League, the world's greatest sporting telenovela, with Roger Bennett and Michael Davies.	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2014	Movie A Second Chance Detectives and best friends Andreas and Simon lead vastly different lives; Andreas has settled down with his beautiful wife and...	Andreas	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2014	Movie The Other Woman After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly soon meets the wife he's been cheating on. And when yet another affair...	Mark King	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2014	TV The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2013	Movie A Thousand Times Good Night On assignment while photographing a female suicide bomber in Kabul, Rebecca – one of the world’s top war photojournalists -...	Marcus	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2013	Movie Oblivion Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract...	Sykes	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2013	Movie Mama Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into...	Lucas Desange	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2011	Movie Headhunters An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.	Clas Greve	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2011	Movie Blackthorn In Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorn) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns...	Butch Cassidy	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2011	TV Game of Thrones Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war....	Sir Jaime 'Kingslayer' Lannister	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2010	TV ZULU Comedy Galla	Nikolaj Coster-Waldau	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2009	TV The Left Wing Gang In 1989, seven radical left-wing activists were charged of being behind a series of the most professional robberies in the...	Jan Weimann	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2009	Movie At World's End An english tv-team discovers a special white flower in the indonesian rainforest, but they never get to investegate it further,...	Severin Geertsen	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2009	TV Live from Bremen Live from Bremen has been described as the successor to Casper and the Mandril Agreement, as the show has the...	Forskellige roller	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2009	TV Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2009	TV Virtuality Virtuality is a television pilot co-written by Ronald D. Moore and Michael Taylor and directed by Peter Berg that aired...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2009	Movie Virtuality Twelve extremely talented men and women have been chosen to be part of the Phaeton mission, a 10-year trek to...	Commander Frank Pike	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2008	Movie Himmerland An American travels to Europe to unravel the mystery surrounding his sister's death.	Thomas	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2008	TV New Amsterdam John Amsterdam is a New York homicide detective unlike any other. He is brilliant, mysterious, reckless, and immortal. In 1642...	John Amsterdam	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2008	TV Kaotokeino-opprøret (TV-serien)	Biskop Juell	Not rated
2008	Movie The Kautokeino Rebellion Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village.	Biskop Juell	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2007	Movie The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 Erik Nietzsche is an intelligent but in many ways inexperienced shy young man who is convinced that he wants to...	Sammy	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2007	Movie Wonderful and Loved by All Isabella Eklöf is an unemployed actress in her early thirties. Her friends all enjoy stable relationships, children and successful careers....	Micke	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2007	Movie Filthy Gorgeous This original comedy-drama from Oscar-nominated writer Ron Nyswaner ("Philadelphia") and director Robert Allan Ackerman ("The Reagans") charts the lives of...	Alex	TMDB 1.7 / 10
2007	Movie The Baker Milo is a professional hit man living on the edge. When failing to fulfill a contract for the first time,...	Bjorn	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2006	Movie Triple Dare Rebekka, Claudia and Sofie are freshmen in high school and will no longer accept being treated as juniors. Taking matters...	Martin	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2006	TV Soccer Aid Soccer Aid is a biennial British charity event that has raised £6.5 million in aid of UNICEF UK through ticket...	Self - Player	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2006	Movie Firewall State-of-the-art security system creator Jack Stanfield has cemented his reputation as a man who's thought of everything. But when a...	Liam	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2005	Movie Shadow of the Sword Central Europe, early 16th century: two childhood friends, Martin & Georg, find themselves on rival sides of a religious war...	Martin	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2005	Movie Kingdom of Heaven After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the...	Village Sheriff	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2004	Movie My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure Modesty, raised by a casino owner after being abandoned by her parents, has become skilled in the ways of fighting...	Miklos	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2004	Movie Wimbledon Britain’s Peter Colt has never quite lived up to his dreams of tennis stardom. Once ranked as high as number...	Dieter Prohl	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2004	Movie The Good Cop A crew of young, small-time crooks screws up. Ripping off a shipping container of Chinese silk for a Rasta gang,...	Sune	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2003	Movie The Bouncer Based on a true story the film tells the story of Svend who fights to save his elderly parents' marriage...	Svend	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2003	Movie Stealing Rembrandt Two bumbling scrap metal thieves - father and son - steal the wrong painting during a museum heist. The painting...	Kenneth	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2002	Movie 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman Set in 1913, 1936 and 2001. When he returns to the casino and seaside resort of his early teens, Louis,...	Anton	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2001	Movie Black Hawk Down When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black...	MSG Gary Gordon	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2001	Movie Enigma The story of the WWII project to crack the code behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt...	Puck	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2000	TV Lock, Stock... Lock, Stock... was a 2000 television series off-shoot from the 1998 film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. The series...	Jordi	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2000	Movie Foreign Fields Jacob, a farm boy from Denmark, joins U.N. Brigade's peacekeeping force in Bosnia, where he witnesses refugees trying to escape...	Holt	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1999	TV Hvem vil være millionær? Classic Den Danske version af 'Who Wants To Be a Millionaire',	Nikolaj Coster-Waldau	Not rated
1999	Movie Misery Harbour A young writer named Espen Arnakke tells the story of his escape from the small Danish town of Jante. Espen...	Espen Arnakke	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1999	Movie Antenneforeningen One evening, the cable TV connection disappears in an apartment building. The residents are told that they can no longer...	Rocker	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1998	Movie Angel of the Night Rebecca has inherited her grandmother's Gothic mansion and brings both her best friend an her boyfriend for a weekend. While...	Frankie	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1998	Movie Wildside Charming desperado Ossy, carrying a deadly secret, tracks down his childhood pal Jimmy in Iceland. But Jimmy, now with a...	Ossy	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1997	Movie Bent Max is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for...	Wolf	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1997	TV Leute heute	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1994	Movie Nightwatch Martin, a law student, takes up a job as a nightwatchman at a mortuary to fund his studies. But the...	Martin	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1993	Movie Hit the Bag A young couple, Christian and Louise, are woken up by their sweetest slumber a morning. Two employees in their property...	Christian	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1991	Movie Requiem A short film about the art of killing.	Unknown character	Not rated
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Markery (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1988	TV LIVE with Kelly and Mark A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
TBA	Movie The Last Mrs. Parrish A con artist targets a wealthy couple — the Parrishes — as her next victims. She infiltrates the pair by...	Jackson Parrish	Not rated
TBA	Movie Virtue 1350, England: A heroic knight returns to his plague-ravaged homeland. Wracked with guilt for leaving his wife and neglecting his...	Unknown character	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2026	Movie Qajaq Man A British chef paddles 3,000 kilometers along Greenland's west coast, surviving on nature's bounty and discovering the power of community...	Producer Production	Not rated
2025	TV King & Conqueror The story of a clash that defined the future of a country and a continent for a thousand years. Harold...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2025	TV King & Conqueror The story of a clash that defined the future of a country and a continent for a thousand years. Harold...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2023	Movie The Flash When his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped in a reality in which...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2022	Movie Against the Ice In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Danish expedition in ice-covered Greenland.	Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2022	Movie Against the Ice In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Danish expedition in ice-covered Greenland.	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2021	Movie Flee Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2017	Movie 3 Things Before entering the witness protection program, bank robber Mikael demands 3 things from the police. 3 things that cast a...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1998	Movie Wildside Charming desperado Ossy, carrying a deadly secret, tracks down his childhood pal Jimmy in Iceland. But Jimmy, now with a...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.9 / 10
TBA	Movie Virtue 1350, England: A heroic knight returns to his plague-ravaged homeland. Wracked with guilt for leaving his wife and neglecting his...	Producer Production	Not rated

World of Westeros Ambient Video

2025

My Fathers' Daughter

2025 / TMDB 5.5

Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever

2023 / TMDB 6.3

God Is a Bullet

2023 / TMDB 6.1

The Flash

2023 / TMDB 6.6

Against the Ice

2022 / TMDB 6.8

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Known for

Game of Thrones (2011–2019)

Gods of Egypt (2016)

Oblivion (2013)

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World of Westeros Ambient Video

My Fathers' Daughter

Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever

God Is a Bullet

The Flash

Against the Ice

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